Common snipe vs Jack snipe
The common snipe is heavier: 112.9 g against 50.1 g for the jack snipe, about 2.3 times the weight.
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What is the difference between a common snipe and a jack snipe?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The common snipe is heavier: 112.9 g against 50.1 g for the jack snipe, about 2.3 times the weight.
- The common snipe is longer-lived: 12.3 years against 12.3 years for the jack snipe, about 0% longer.
- They share the family Scolopacidae but sit in different genera: Common snipe in Gallinago, Jack snipe in Lymnocryptes.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Common snipe | Jack snipe | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Gallinago gallinago | Lymnocryptes minimus |
| Family | Scolopacidae | Scolopacidae |
| Order | Charadriiformes | Charadriiformes |
| Weight | 100.5 g – 128 g | 46.7 g – 53.7 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 12.3 years | 12.3 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | wetland | wetland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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